Combined mop head and wringer.



N0. 86 L490. PATENTED AUG. 27, 1907.

F. R. SHEARMAN. COMBINED MOP HEAD AND WRINGER APPLICATION FILED MAY 15, 1907.

11 NTOR WITNESSES FRANK ROY SHEARMAN,

PATENT OFFICE.

or WARSAW, NEW YORK.

COMBINED HOP AD AND'WBI NG EB.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Aug. 27, 1907.

Application filed Kay 16, 1907. Serial Ho. 373,748.

To all whom it concerm- Be it known that I, FRANK RoY SHEARMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Warsaw, in the countyof Wyoming and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Mop Heads and Wringers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a mop holder combining in itself means adapted to be released by the operator, for automatically and thoroughly wringing the mop cloth.

My invention specifically resides in the following features of construction, arrangement and operation as will be hereinafter described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals are used to designate like parts throughout the several figures, and in which,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved device in the normal position, Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the wringing mechanism released, and the wringing rollers pressed upon the mop cloth previous to wringing the same, Fig. 3 is a similar view to Figs. 1 and 2, showing the wringing mechanism released, and in the distended position, the rollers being pressed over the mop cloth, and Fig. 4 is a side elevation of .my improved spring locking block.

In the practical embodiment of my invention I provide an elongated handle 1, having at its lower end a suitable holder 2 for holding a mop cloth 3, and provided at its upper end with an enlarged head 4, having a spring catch 5 attached to and extending therefrom. A sliding frame 6, comprising side bars 7 arranged longitudinally and parallel with said handle 1, is connected at its upper end to a sleeve 8, mounted about the handle 1 adjacent the enlarged head 4, and adapted to be normally locked thereto by means of the spring catch 5. Mounted about the handle 1 through the sleeve 8, is a coil spring 9, arranged to bear, at its upper end, against the enlarged head 4 of said handle,

' rying rollers 15 at their lower ends, adapted, in the operation of wringing the cloth, to be first pressed inwardly and tightly thereagainst, and to be then forced downwardly over the entire length of the said cloth. The side bars 7 comprising the sliding frame 6, are slidably arranged through the block 11, and are provided with inwardly extending lugs 16 on the end thereof, adapted to bear upon the curved portion 17 of the depending spring arms 14 until they come in contact with outwardly extending lugs 18 on said arms, at which time the rollers 15 will be pressed tightly against the mop cloth 3, as shown clearly in Fig. 2.

It will be understood that the downward movement of the sliding frame 6 is under actuation of the spring 9 after the'catch 5 has been released from the sleeve 8 by the operator.

At the same time that the lugs 16 and 18 come, into contact, a latch 19 carried upon one of the side bars 7 of the sliding frame 6 will, by means of its tapering downwardly projecting nose 20, project within the curved spring member 12 to release the same from the recess 13 of the handle 1. The spring block 11 will thus be released from the handle 1 and simultaneously prevented from upward movement on the sliding frame .6, by means of the lugs 16 and 18. Thus the block 11 will continue downward upon the handle 1 with the frame 6 under actuation of the spring 9, forcing the rollers 15 downwardly, therewith, over the length of mop cloth to the position shown in Fig. 3.

To prevent the rollers 15 projecting beyond the cloth 3, I provide the block 11 with a second curved spring member 21 on the reverse side thereof to the member 12, said member being adapted to enter a lower recess 22 in the handle 1 when the device is in the position shown in Fig. 3. The block 11 will thus be again locked with the handlel, and upon the return of the frame 6 to the normal position by the operator, said frame will move upwardly", sliding through said block 11 until its lower latch 23, similar to the latch 19, projects its upturned tapering nose 24 within said spring member 21 to release the block 11 when the same may be moved upwardly as the frame 6 is returned to the normal position until said block is again locked by means of its spring member 12' entering the upper recess 13 of the handle 1. At this time, the frame 6 will have been returned to the normal position, compressing the spring catch 5.

In order that the spring members 12 and 21 may more readily catch within their respective recesses in the handle 1, I may construct said handle square in cross-section, in which form the said members would not readily slip around the handle.

Having thus fully described my invention 1 claim:

1. In a device of the character described, the combina-' tion of a handle, provided with means at its lower end for holding a mop cloth, a sliding block normally connected to said handle, and having curved spring arms depending therefrom, and provided with rollers at their lower ends, a sliding frame mounted on said handle, and arranged to slide through said block, means carried by the lower ends of said frame for closing said rollers, means carried by said frame for simultaneously releasing said block, and a spring interposed between said sliding frame and said handle, and adapted to move said frame downward, substantially as described.

2. -In a device of the character descrlbedfthe combinatlonof a handle, provided with means at its lower end for 

